September brought Tonks to a new season of life where spending time at the castle meant much less quiet alone time and much more avoiding students and trying to pretend like she was doing better than she was. It was for the reason she found herself sat on her old couch in the apartment she still half lived in. After getting the Hogsmeade position she moved to a flat above the three broomsticks, but she was still spending at least one night a week either in her bedroom or on the couch of the old flat. In that moment she was holding a cup of tea awaiting the coming sunset where she would aparate back to the school grounds and go join Dumbledore in his office to enter into the pensieve again. She knew she had lost a great deal of weight, she knew the color of her hair made James and Lily nervous as more time went on and she knew that no news had to be good news, but she was not faring well, and two months without so much as a word from Remus caused her to feel things she wished she could bury away and forget about forever; feelings that she wouldn't wish upon anyone to feel, except maybe her dear aunt Bellatrix. Maybe.
Lily looked up at her. "Do you need sleeping draught, Tonks?" The woman asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow as Tonks cracked a smile.
"Thank you, Lily, but I'm really fine. I'm sleeping, even if you can't tell." Lily shook her head, glancing at the younger witch.
"I can't." Tonks rolled her eyes.
"Why is it that everytime I come here you seem to be insistent on reminding me that I look like hell?" She asked indignantly. The only things that gave away the lack of true anger was the smile she cracked. Lily huffed, her eyes dancing lightly.
"I don't think I've ever told you you look like hell." She huffed.
"Tonks you look like hell." James walked in, getting a very rare yet heartwarming laugh from the woman whose hair should have been pink. He cracked a smile at her tossing her a wink before looking at her seriously.
"You're still here for dinner tomorrow though, right?" She nodded, fighting the urge to roll her eyes. Every thursday dinner with the Potter's to make sure she was eating. She knew what they were doing just as much as they knew that even though it was impossibly hard for her, she wouldn't let herself get sick, she wouldn't do that to Remus.
Wherever he was.
Preparing for the full moon in a pack that was slowly dividing was one of the most difficult things Remus Lupin had ever done. He knew there were people on his side, and he knew that Greyback was coming to the pack in just three days time; close enough to the moon that he wanted to catch everyone while they were down. Remus was preparing to go back home for a few days, slip into the cracks and be invisible. But he had wolves - people - depending on him. Friends, real friends, who didn't want to live a life of suffering.
"You alright up there then?" He heard Christian call from below. Remus was sitting on the top of bunked beds reading through the letter Tonks had given him before he left. He waved the small paper in the air knowing Christian would understand.
"She always did have a way with words in writing." The man agreed. Remus wondered again why Christian ended up in the pack life when things seemed to be going so well with his furniture store, but it was an unspoken rule, he wouldn't ask.
"Gemma was asking for you…" Christian said cautiously, looking up at Remus. "I know you want to take care of the ones who… can't live this life fully. But she's going to get some of us killed if she comes out tonight. We can't risk-"
"I know Christian." Remus said, taking a weary breath. "That's why I'm hiding in my room where I know she will never enter. I can't worry about it right now. I'll deal with the grief in the morning." Christian shot an apologetic glance up to his friend.
"The location's still the same though?" Remus nodded, struck again with gratitude for the friendship Christian offered him. "I'll tell the others."
"Thank you, Christian. I owe you a great deal." The younger man smiled at him.
"Just don't die this week, okay?" Remus laughed and nodded, waiting until the man had left the tent to reach for the necklace and feel the warm pulsing of Tonks heartbeat. It was slower, and he figured she was either very relaxed or asleep. The thought made him smile as he picture her laying, sprawled out on her bed pink hair everywhere.
"I'll see you soon." He whispered into the air, pretending she could hear him. With that he pushed himself off the bed and walked out into the woods where his five friends, and maybe even "pack members" were waiting for him.
"Nymphadora it's lovely to see you again." Albus greeted her awkwardly as she entered his office. She smiled at him, gently setting her bag down on the floor by his desk and sitting in the chair.
"He's been holding up well." Albus said, and Tonks visibly relaxed at the words. The older man knew Remus would be returning home for a few days just after the moon, for the sake of the young woman's sanity and the surprise he wanted to hear of later, he kept the information to himself.
"Shall we then? It seems now is as good a time as any. Maybe you can even get to bed at a sane hour tonight." Albus caught the look Tonks shot him and chuckled. "Yes well, sleep is important…" He dropped it after that, leading her to the pensieve and searching for the memory Remus wanted her to see tonight. Albus enjoyed going on these memory trips with her, having seen them himself with Remus just before he'd started his teaching position. But the particular memory of that night involved a lot of his relationship with Eleanor, and he wondered how Tonks would handle that, but he knew Remus had a plan.
Tonks glanced up at him, and after a quick nod they were heading down the path back into the great hall. Tonks looked around curiously before spotting the Gryffindor's they were looking for. The somber faces were enough to tell her things were not okay, and she walked closer for a chance to understand.
"I can't think of any of explanation." Lily cried, laying her head on James shoulder. Tonks immediately figured out it was their seventh year, Christmas time.
"They knew the risks. They knew what they were-"
"Ellie." Remus cut off his girlfriend, setting his fingers over her lips. "Don't be such a Ravenclaw about this. Feel. Be real. Experience the weight. I'll be here for that." And before Tonks could wonder what they were talking about the young woman crumpled into his arms, steady tears falling down her face.
Sirius was watching with his arm around Juna, her eyes also filling with tears. The friends simply sat there holding each other long after the hall cleared out. Remus's Ellie sat up, wiping her hands over her eyes, her shoulder still leaning against Remus's.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I shouldn't have-"
"Shut up, Eleanor." Lily groaned, pushing her girls hand in a loving way. They shared a watery smile before Ellie turned and grabbed Remus's lips in a long slow kiss. He pulled away, his eyes glinting with a smile, his face casting a hundred questions toward the girl.
"I just love you, so much. Forever." Remus smiled and went back to kiss her again, pulling her onto his lap. Tonks felt her cheeks begin to redden slightly as she wondered why Remus would choose that particular memory to show her.
Before she could wonder more the scene changed and she was dropped onto the school grounds, the quidditch pitch, with just Lily and Ellie.
"Lily you can't tell him. He can't know." Tonks immediately assumed the girl was pregnant, thankfully she was wrong.
"Ellie! They're sending you letters. I can't hide that from Remus. If something happened to you and he found out I knew and didn't say anything? He'd hate me forever!" Ellie shook her head, her curls flying everywhere.
"Lily you can't! He would absolutely lose it if he knew. The full moon is tomorrow. I'm going to be fine. I just needed to tell someone. Mary's fine and we know they attacked her already."
"Ellie they killed your parents-"
"I know! Of course I know that Lily! But I can't Remus has so much to worry about with graduation and where he's going to live and school and everything. I can't do this to him. Please just don't say anything until at least after the full moon. Please." Lily shook her head.
"If you get hurt tomorrow Ellie-"
Her words were cut off by Eleanor throwing her arms around the girls neck, and Lily responded in turn with a tight hug.
"Thank you for being such a good friend." Ellie whispered.
"Please don't die." Lily said back. Ellie kissed her cheek and the girls stood up and walked back to the castle together.
The scene jumped again, and Tonks found them standing outside of the three broomsticks, all except Peter. James glanced around before grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her to him to kiss her firmly on the lips. Remus glanced down at Ellie before whispering muddled words in her ear. Tonks realized he intentionally blocked out what he said that night, and her heart ached for it.
"Let her breathe James!" Juna called, black hair flying around her face as she laughed. Ellie winked up at Remus taking his hand and squeezing it as James pulled away. Tonks watched as Ellie pulled a camera out of her bag and Remus looped his arm around her waist.
"You're too cute to pass up." Ellie cried as she shot on photo of the couple. Tonks felt herself give in to laughter as Lily rolled her eyes at her friends before grabbing James's face and kissing him aggressively.
"Now the world can know that I love James Potter!" She shouted, laughing loudly with flushed cheeks.
"What's that Little Flower? I don't think the whole town heard you!" Remus called back. And as if they planned it (which Tonks then figured they did) Lily turned her back to James and shouted to Remus, "I love James Potter so much I want to-"
"Marry me?" James said the words softly, but Lily still heard him through her shouting. Tonks watched her face change as she spun around to face him, Ellie catching the shot at the perfect time. The four other friends watched as her hands flew to her face in surprise and she looked down at the ring he was holding.
"Lily Evans I-"
"Shut up Potter. Please." She then grabbed his face, dropped to her knees in front of him and kissed him for everyone to see.
Tonks finally laughed when Ellie snapped the camera once more.
Suddenly the scene was changing again and Tonks was looking down from a balcony. She glanced to her right and saw Remus standing there. He was holding a small box in his hand and looking out into the clouds.
"Remus?" Tonks spun around as she heard Lily's voice, Remus doing the same. Lily had clearly been crying, and when she looked at Remus her eyes filled with tears again. "Please come here." She whispered, her voice cracking. Remus shook his head holding up the velvet box.
"I had it all planned out, you know. My parents were going to help me. They were so excited. To think that I would find someone to love me… It was too good to be true for all of us. Through the side job in muggle London I saved for the ring. I feel so stupid." He shook his head and Tonks watched as tears began to fall.
"Remus…" Lily whispered walking over to him and pulling him into a hug. "Remus please. This isn't because of… You don't deserve this. It's not…" She shook her head against his chest and gripped him tighter as he began to sob. Tonks looked away, knowing this was a feeling of the past, crying nonetheless.
"She's gone, little flower. She's really really gone." He kept mumbling into her shoulder as she held him, both letting their tears fall freely until they quelled, and Remus stood slowly. He looked at Lily gently.
"I don't know what I would do without you." He whispered, and she smiled, taking his hand in her own and squeezing it.
"Well I'm here for you. But Remus we have to-"
"Make arrangements. Yes. Will you-"
"James and I are with you every step of the way. For your parents, and for Ellie. Okay?" Remus nodded, following her back inside. Before the walked through the threshold he stopped suddenly.
"Lily?" He asked quietly, and she turned to him, eyes softer still. "Can you please… Can you…" He feebly held out the red velvet box he was holding. Lily took it, and very slowly opened it. Sitting inside was a small silver ring, a pink moonstone in the center. Lily gasped, Tonks gasped. Her eyes filled with tears as Lily pushed the box shut.
"I'll keep this until you're ready. Okay?" Remus nodded, mouthing his thanks before the pair pushed back inside the flat.
"One more." Tonks heard Dumbledore speak as they fell through time again into a final memory, one she felt she should have known because it was very recent, but something she was glad she didn't know until that moment.
"Hey Moony." She watched as James Potter walked into the kitchen of number twelve Grimmauld Place. He had a knowing smile on his face, and a moment later Sirius was pushing in behind him. Tonks felt her heart tighten at the sight of her cousin, but focused on what was in front of her.
"How was your night last night?" Sirius asked, flashing Remus a wink, ignoring the way he blushed furiously, causing Tonks to laugh; he was just so secretive sometimes.
"Come on mate, we know you fancy her. You look at her the same way-" Sirius stopped suddenly, snapping his mouth shut.
"The same way I looked at Ellie." Remus supplied, looking over to his friends with a strange combination of joy and suffering. "I know. I feel it. But it's so different now. It's Tonks, Dora, and she's not Ellie…" He shook his head, not seeing the calculating look James was giving him.
"You've loved the memory of Eleanor for so long you feel like you're cheating on her by loving Tonks?" James asked after a pause, Remus looked up and winced. "Oh." James said, and Sirius looked back and forth to them very confused. "You feel guilty because you love her more than you loved… Remus don't be ridiculous! You loved Ellie years ago, and there has been no way for those feelings to grow at all. Of course you're going to come to love Tonks more. Remus you know my thoughts on romance, but I believe Ellie was meant for you in her time. And now I firmly believe Tonks is meant for you too, but I think this will last a bit longer…" Remus shook his head, dropping it back into his hands.
"Dammit she's so beautiful." Remus whispered, and Tonks felt both extremely self-conscious that her headmaster was hearing this and completely elated that she was. "She's so lovely, she's so ridiculously clumsy… she just…"
"She completes you, mate. Don't laugh at me or anything, but she is the other half of Moony that we've always been missing. She's the piece of you you needed most." James said, and Tonks felt her eyes fill with tears as he spoke, wondering if that was really what they all thought of her.
"I love her so much." Remus whispered.
"Go tell her." Sirius said.
"Remus, do you really think we can make a way out of this?" Lynelle asked him as they sat on rocks in the clearing waiting for the sun to set. The air was growing colder as the fall months rolled in, so they were bundled more than they had been in the past. He looked over at the young girl, small and frail, as she was only on her fourth or fifth month of transforming. She would be in her sixth year of Hogwarts, but she was a muggle, and she ran away from home after being bitten. Everytime Remus looked at her he reminded himself it was a miracle she was alive.
"I think that we need to hold faith, because if we don't we turn into what they think we are." He said gently, making eye contact with everyone of his companions sitting around him.
"But do you really think that if you know who loses people will treat us any different?" It was a question Christian had asked before, and Remus was finally able to formulate the proper answer.
"I think that when he loses, you'll want to be standing on the right side of history. That when he goes down and the world changes for better, you'll want to be able to tell your family that you fought for justice, you'll want to be able to show the ministry that despite their hatred we stood firm in the truth of goodness." He looked Christian in the eyes and nodded.
"What are we going to do when it gets colder though?" Hettie, a woman about Remus's age who went to Beauxbatons Academy and worked in St. Mungos until she was bitten two years ago, when the rise to power was just beginning.
"I am working on that now, I think as time goes on they will be more comfortable with us breaking off and transforming in other locations, and if that's the case I have the perfect place for us. If it doesn't come to that then I will be sure to get some blankets when I travel out this week." He was always cautious about stating where he was going, because you could never be too safe, but it had been long enough with the small crew that he had come to trust them well.
"You will come back though, won't you?" Jonathan asked, a young man who was bitten while on holiday, and his parents effectively pulled him from Durmstrang academy and sent him away from their home. He was now seventeen, and a wild combination of reckless and needy.
"Of course I will." He was careful again not to promise to always return, because he knew that was a promise he could not keep. There would be one day he would leave and not come back, but he wasn't sure when that would be or how to go about telling them of it.
"It's almost time." Christian said wearily, standing and walking over to Remus. "We'll check on Gemma in the morning…" He whispered. Remus let out a steady sigh.
"They're going to attack her aren't they." He asked, although both men knew it wasn't a question.
"Yes. And I don't think she'll survive this time." Remus's shoulders slumped and Christian set a firm hand on it.
"We can't save everyone." The younger man said. Remus merely nodded.
"That doesn't mean I can't want to." Christian gave him one more nod before disappearing into the trees where he would transform in private. Remus counted through the remaining four, Jonathon, Lynelle, Hettie, and Reya, watching as they all prepared for the moonrise in their own way.
"We can save some." He whispered to no one in particular, walking over to the group to see how he could make this night easier for them.
Because Remus Lupin had to save some.
Two nights later Nymphadora and Lily were sat on the couch holding cups of tea talking about the mission Tonks and Kingsley were going out on for the order in the days following. They would be going out at night trailing a known death eater for a few hours, just tracking him and his locations. Dumbledore strictly warned them against partaking in combat situations, and ask them to be back inside by time the crowds died out because he didn't want anyone catching on to them. But they would be stuck hearing more about it at the order meeting the next night.
Time was flying as the two friends caught up on everything that had gone by in the few days since they'd seen each other. Tonks told Lily about some of the memories Remus shared with her through the pensieve and got even more on the story from the red haired witch which allowed the night to spill over in laughter as Lily remembered times gone past from her years at school.
"James'll be back soon, won't he?" Tonks asked when she finally realized the time. She always avoided leaving Lily home alone because they were all still feeling cautious about anyone figuring out who the Potter's really were.
Lily worked to suppress a smile as she thought about where James was, and instead nodded slowly. "He should have been back by now really. But if you need to be off you should go. I'll send a patronus to him. He'll be back soon I imagine." Tonks glanced around the living room and sighed.
"I left some paperwork for tonight, why don't you come back with me and you can rest about my flat while I get all that done?" Lily laughed, shaking her head, but standing up anyway.
"I can very well defend myself you know." She argued as she put on her cloak against the chill of the autumn air.
"Yes well, I can't have you dying or anything on me, so forgive me if I seem a little neurotic about making sure you are okay all the time." Lily hugged her friend tightly as they sidelonged together to the outside door of her Hogsmeade flat.
Tonks pushed the door open as Lily said, "Oh look, James was here waiting for us!" and pointed down the hall. Tonks huffed when she saw him, beckoning for him to come down the hall and pushed into her flat, Lily on her heels. James was smiling widely, a fact Tonks gave no notice to. She stopped suddenly as she saw a head poking up from the back of her couch, immediately her wand was trained to it, before she let out a gasp.
"Bloody Hell!" She heard James and Lily laughing behind her as Remus's bashful face caused her wand to fall. She rushed over and threw her arms around Remus who had stood to greet her. James and Lily stood in the doorway watching to reunion, both never more thankful to Albus for giving their friends something to be excited for.
"Dora. Dora let me see your face!' Remus worked to pry himself out of her tight grasp, grabbing her cheeks and looking into her eyes when he finally did. Lily and James took their que and slowly stepped out into the hall, shutting the door behind them. James leaned down and kissed his wife passionately on the lips.
"Let's go home, Lily." He said, smiling down at her as he squeezed her hand and pulled her into him.
Remus leaned into Dora and crashed his lips into hers. It was the kiss with such passion neither had ever felt before. They were both desperate for the other, feeling the weight of the time gone past and the fear of the uncertainty that had gripped them for the past two months.
Remus finally pulled away and really looked at her standing in front of him.
"You're thinner." He said, his voice deadpan as he wrapped a hand too far around her bony wrist.
"It was an accident." She feebly argued back, shaking her head at him. "So are you." She accused, fighting a smile at the ridiculousness of the conversation. He shook his head and pulled her down onto the couch with him, twisting her hair around his finger as she curled into her side.
"How long have you been back?" SHe asked, wondering how long Lily knew he was sitting on her couch, trying to catch her breath from the excitement of his return.
"About two hours. I had some business to take care of after the moon, but I left as soon as I was able to Dumbledore. He gave me my wand, and your address, then I came here to wait. James was with me for a bit." He added.
"You two broke into my flat?" She asked, her voice holding mocking accusations.
"Mad-Eye helped." He whispered, winking at her.
"You can't talk about Moody when I'm thinking about the fastest way to take all your clothes off, Remus, it makes me feel dirty." He let out a barking laugh at her words, and in a motion far too fast for the full moon having just passed he was lifting her shirt over her head. He took in her pale skin and hair that had turned pink at some point. He saw the points of her joints and bones and felt his heart breaking within him. She looked away from him her face clouding with sadness for a minute. He traced his hands over her body gently, as if afraid to break her.
"Remus I'm really-"
"I knew this would be hard for you," he began and she pushed her hand over his face.
"Kiss me, Remus. Kiss me like you'll be here forever and we won't have to feel anything other than this for these days. Kiss me like there's no werewolves and order and war. Please I-"
"I never knew you to be so eloquent in your speech-" He started again only to be cut off by her jumping on to him and wrapping her legs around his waist, practically pushing him to carry her over to her bed.
Thankfully it didn't take much for him to comply.
Kingsley Shacklebolt thought it a good idea to call Tonks out of work the next day on account of being sick. Thankfully the headmaster seemed more than understanding, and her partners didn't mind picking up the extra work, they all claimed she'd been picking up their slack since they started, so helping out an unwell friend wasn't that hard to do. He was, after a full day of his own work, standing outside the door to her flat, uncertain if he should knock or simply walk in. He wasn't sure the state of affairs on which he would enter, but he also could use a good laugh if things were less than appropriate. He knocked anyway, waiting a silent beat before undoing her locking wards and slipping in. Remus was watching the door, his wand pointed at it lazily, a tired smile on his face, Tonks laying in his arms fast asleep. Kingsley shook his head and walked to sit on her sofa.
"She hasn't been getting much rest these past few… well for a while." King explained, glancing down at her. Remus shook his head.
"I figured as much."
"We all know you haven't either." Kingsley said, getting another shake of the head from Remus, who began to twist his fingers through Dora's hair.
"Is it time for the meeting then? I promised her I would make sure we made it on time, but I know she was not intending to fall asleep." Kingsley checked his pocket watch and gave a noncommittal shrug,
"We can give it a few more minutes." He smiled as Tonks sighed in her sleep.
"How are you really doing Remus?" He asked the tired man sitting with one of his closest friends and colleagues.
"They killed a woman, during the last full moon." Remus said, uncertain why he was saying it when he had planned not to tell anyone about what happened with Gemma. "I have a few, only about five, pack members who are sympathetic to our cause. Then this woman, her name is Gemma, she wanted to help out, she wanted to fight 'the resistance' as she called it too loudly. She would have been a liability to us if we told her about… I kept hidden from her, because I didn't want to put anyone else in danger of being caught. Mostly because I didn't want to be caught…" He shook his head looking up at the ceiling.
"She was talking rubbish to the pack leader, about how she knew of a fight that would be coming, an alternative group that she would lead if she had to, and that Voldemort would die. She was so sure of herself that good would prevail. But Marcus, that is, the full pack leader under Greyback, he didn't have any of it." Remus swallowed loudly, tightening his grip on Dora as he thought through the things the men did to Gemma.
"They first attacked her human. Physically… assaulted her. Did things to her… things that shouldn't have been done. From there they took to calling out to her, but she didn't stop. She didn't stop talking these almost true lies, and the more attention she got the more dangerous she made it for those who were with me. We kept her out again." His stomach tightened with the guilt.
"I knew they were going to do it. Christian knew too, and we decided together, as a group really, to leave her. We left her to die. I let a young woman die." His chest tightened. "She was twenty four." He looked down at Dora in his arms.
"She was twenty four, and the first time I saw her - the first time I saw her - I avoided her from there out. She was so much like… all I could see in her was Dora. Her fire, her laugh, her passion for justice. Nobody could shut her up." Kingsley leaned forward, his hands folded in front of him, waiting silently. He knew there was more.
"I can't tell Dora about her, I can't tell anyone. Because I think I just let her die Kingsley. I saw her need, and I had a way to fulfill it and I chose not to. I could have offered her safety, but I let her go. She's dead." He let out a deep breath and a shudder. "Yesterday morning, the sun rose and we were all together, me and these five. And we knew, because you could honestly smell the blood. We knew something was wrong, Christian knew immediately, and I think I did too, but I was so... I feel like I killed her." He looked up at Kingsley and laughed feebly.
"That's probably not what you wanted when you asked me how I was." His friend smiled at him, a tight smile.
"Remus, you are an essential part of the order, of our team, you are my friend, and you are… Tonks's everything." He gestured to their position with his hand eliciting a laugh from the werewolf.
"I understand that you don't want everyone to know these things, but you can't hold them in. Not anymore, because you can't die from guilt, Tonks would never let you hear the end of it." Remus opened his mouth to argue and Kingsley put up a hand "I don't want to hear the lack of logic in that. We both know it's true. She'd revive you just to nag you." Remus finally laughed, shaking his head.
"Thank you, King." The men locked eyes and nodded, a silent comradery passing between them.
"Now how do you wake up a sleeping Tonks?" Kingsley asked Remus, not liking the smirk that entered the older mans face.
That evening the order meeting dispersed with very little information shared from Remus, other than the news of the four friends who were working with him, and very sympathetic to the cause. He didn't miss the pointed look Tonks gave him during the meeting when he mentioned the name Christian, and she didn't miss the tension that appeared in his shoulders when Dumbledore mentioned her mission with Kingsley. But the pair managed to sit for a comfortable dinner at the Burrow, laughing with their friends as if Remus had never left. They discussed the happenings at Hogwarts, the fear of the world now that Voldemort was revealed as back, and the uncertainty at what he must be planning by staying so well hidden for so long. Tonks and Kingsley shared of the things happening in the too soon it was time for the group to part ways, but for the first time in weeks Tonks and Remus were leaving together. They made promises to James and Lily that they would stop by the following day, and apparated back to Hogsmeade together. They barely made it inside before Tonks turned to Remus.
"Christian was there?" She asked, her voice holding all the tension she was feeling at the thought that she had been writing and receiving letters from him, all the while apparently never knowing where he really was.
"He is yes. I've no idea how long, or why. We silently agreed not to talk about those things." She opened her mouth to respond but came up short and just huffed instead.
"How many life threatening missions do you go on every week? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" He asked her, his voice harsh. She knew there were things that happened in the pack that he wasn't telling her. He was carrying the pain in his shoulders, like a physical weight she could see bearing down on him.
"I don't Remus. Really. Albus has been working my tail off pacing back and forth in that school." She snapped her jaw shut and looked up at him. "He showed me…" She whispered, unsure how to finish that sentence. Remus's eyes widened slightly, and a ghost of a smile appeared on his lips.
"I didn't want to leave you away from me for too long, I'm terribly selfish in that way. So I had to give you something to remind you that I love you, and that I am completely yours." She walked over try to grab his hands, instead she tripped over her work boots, flailed wildly in the air and squealed as he grabbed her around the waist to keep her steady.
"We're both tired and need sleep, but nothing is weirder than being turned on to my super hot and loving boyfriend in front of my headmaster. So please take your shirt off."
"This weekend is full of physical-"
"Shit Remus, love, stop talking." He laughed, picking her up again, wondering how he could love a person so much; and for the first time since he'd gotten home war was the last thing on his mind.
Thanks for reading! I have all the chapters done, and it's looking like theres going to be 2-3 more depending on if I combine some or not! Please let me know what you think!